Part 57

Revolution Society, correspond with the National Assembly of France, iii. 238. remarks on its principles and proceedings, iii. 238.

Reynolds, Sir Joshua, on idiosyncrasy in taste and judgment, iv. 212.

Rich, need the consolations of religion, iii. 366. trustees for those who labor, v. 134.

Richard I., brief account of his reign, vii. 425. parallel between him and Charles XII. of Sweden, vii. 436.

Richelieu, Cardinal, hated by Louis XIII., iii. 499.

Rights, assumed, their consequences of great moment in deciding on their validity, iv. 183.

Rights of Men, Jacobinical theory of, animadversions on it, iii. 307. sophistically confounded with their power, iii. 313.

Robespierre, his character, vi. 62.

Rochford, Lord, his remonstrance with regard to Corsica, i. 480.

Rockingham, Marquis of, Short Account of his Administration, i. 263. formation of his administration, i. 379. state of public affairs at the time, i. 381. character and conduct of it, i. 388. ideas of it with regard to America, i. 403. his Lordship's conduct in American affairs, ii. 40.

Rohilla nation, sale of it by the East India Company, ii. 449.

Roland, character of him, v. 70.

Roman Catholics, Mr. Burke's defence of his Parliamentary conduct with regard to them, ii. 388. Letter on the Penal Laws against, iv. 217. mode of education necessary for their clergy, iv. 229, 231. condition of their clergy before the restraint on marriage, iv. 230. mischievous consequences of placing the appointment of the Irish Roman Catholic clergy in the hands of the Lord Lieutenant, iv. 234.

Roman politics, under the Empire, different from those which actuated the Republic, vii. 203. dominion over the Britons and other conquered nations, methods by which it was preserved, vii. 205. procurators under the Emperors, why invested with greater powers than the legates, vii. 208. military ways, character and purpose of them, vii. 211. number and extent of the principal ones in Britain, vii. 211. revenues, nature of them, vii. 211. three great changes in the government after the dissolution of the Commonwealth, vii. 220.

Rome, ancient, destroyed by the disorders of continual elections, vii. 80. and by its heavy taxes, vii. 213. bounds of the empire first contracted by Adrian, vii. 214.

Rome, modern, its example a caution not to attempt to feed the people by the hands of the magistrates, v. 155.

Rota, in the French National Assembly, effect of it, iv. 350.

Rotund, noble effect of it, i. 150. accounted for, i. 150.

Rousseau, the secret of his principles of composition, iii. 459. a resemblance to him an object of rivalry to the leaders of the National Assembly, iv. 25. vanity his ruling passion, iv. 26. brief character of him, iv. 27. totally destitute of taste, iv. 30. morality of the passions in his Nouvelle Éloise, iv. 31. character of his style, iv. 32.

Russell, Baron, the first, his character, v. 201.

Russia, the Emperor of, the true policy of his government, v. 422.

Russian treaty of commerce, i. 410.

Sacheverell, Dr., his impeachment carried on for the purpose of stating the grounds and principles of the Revolution, iv. 119. extracts from speeches of Managers at his trial, iv. 122-146. proceedings in his trial, xi. 16.

Saladin, Sultan of Egypt, reduces Palestine, vii. 427. defeated by Richard I., vii. 429.

Salaries, objections to a tax upon them, ii. 283.

Sallust, remarks on his finely contrasted characters of Cæsar and Cato, i. 189.

Salt, monopoly of, by the French government, i. 332.

Santerre, his brutal conduct to Louis XVI., vi. 101.